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Declaration of Sentiments
The beginning of the fight for women suffrage. The Declaration of Sentiments produced the first woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N. Y. in 1848 -
Women's Rights Convention- Susan B. Anthony
At the Woman's Rights Convention in Syracuse in 1852, Susan B. Anthony joined the fight in women's rights, and sufferage. She would later go on to become the figure head of the Women's Rights Movement. -
Myra Bradwell law suits
Because women lacked the vote and therefore political power, they were denied many opportunities open to men. In 1872, Myra Bradwell challenged Illinois law which restricted membership in the state bar to men. She won. -
Law suits of the suffragist
In 1872, a suffragist brought a series of court challenges designed to test whether voting was a "privilege" of "U. S. citizenship". One case was of the criminal prosecution of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting in the 1872 election. -
Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?
After her arrest on charges of voting illegally in the 1872 federal election, Susan B. Anthony went on a speaking tour to all twenty-nine of the towns and villages of Monroe county. She titled it, Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote? -
Minor v.s Happerset
In Minor vs Happerset, a court case, a unanimous Court rejected the argument that either the privileges and immunities clause or the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment extended the vote to women. After this, suffragists turned their attention from the courts to the states and to Congress. -
The 41 year ammendment
In 1878, an amendment was proposed that said "The right of citizens to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." This same amendment would be introduced in every session of Congress for the next 41 years. -
Sufferage spreading
Utah, Colorado, and Idaho joined Wyoming in allowing women to vote -
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Born
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin is another incredible staple in the fight for womens equality. Having battled billitlement all her life, she rose to the occasion and contributed more to the archeological and chemistry communities than most men. She became interested in chemistry and in crystals at about the age of 10, and only her, and one other girl were allowed to join the boys doing chemistry at school. She attended both Oxford, and Cambrige, and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Bull Moose Support
Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party became the first national political party to support women suffrage. The tide was beginning to turn. -
2/3
The two-thirds vote in favor of the women suffrage amendment was finally achived in Congress -
Women's Sufferage
After years of pressing for the right to vote, the ninteenth amendment was made to the constitution, allowing them the right to do so. -
Margret Thatcher Born
Margret Thatcher, born in 1925, would go on to redifine the role women played in polotics by becoming the first female Prime Miniter. During her term of office she reshaped almost every aspect of British politics, reviving the economy, reforming outdated institutions, and reshaping the nation's foreign policy. She challenged and pursued national recovery with as much energy and determination as any other Prime Minister before her. -
Margret Thatcher- elected first female prime minister
She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office. -
Wyoming
In July 1890, the Territory of Wyoming, which allowed women to vote, was admitted as a state. Wyoming became the first state with women suffrage. -
Angela Merkle, first term as German Chancellor
In the 2005 federal election, she was appointed Germany's first female Chancellor, putting her at the head of the country. Not even the United States has come this far in terms of redefining womens role in polotics.
